Web Of Deceit

December 18, 2012 – 10:06 pm

Here’s a new one: a spider that builds decoy spiders.

Posted by Malcolm on at 10:06 pm, filed under Darwin and Biology. RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

2 Comments

  1. Kevin Kim says

    Interestingly accurate eight-legged decoys. It’s almost as if the little boogers can count.

    Posted December 19, 2012 at 1:06 am | Permalink
  2. Dom says

    “Scientists suspect the fake spiders serve as decoys, part of a defense mechanism meant to confuse or distract predators.”

    Doesn’t it also frighten away their prey? Dumb spiders!

    Posted December 19, 2012 at 8:29 am | Permalink

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